Foldable box.



A. COLOMBOT.

POLDABLE BOX.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 21,1913.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

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FOLDABLE BOX.

APPLICATION mum JULY 21, 1913.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

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UNITE ANNETTA GOLOMBOT,; 0F MADISON, CONNECTICUT.

FOLDABLE BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

Application filed July 21, 1913. Serial No. 780,250.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANNETTA COLOMBOT, citizen of the United States, residingat Madison, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements intFoldablem Boxes, of which the following is a specification. 7

This invention relates to improvements in foldable boxes or crates, and has for one of its objects to improve the construction and increase the efliciency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed device whereby the parts may be quickly arranged in operative position, or collapsed and folded one upon the other for transportation or storage when not in use.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel featuiies of construction as hereinafter shown anddescribed and then specifically pointed outin the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention. a

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved box in closed position viewed from the, front. Fig. 2 is a similar view viewed from the rear. Fig. 3 is a side elevation with the parts in folded position. Fig. 1 is a perspective view with the parts in folded position. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view with the parts in folded position. Fig. 6 is an ened elevation with the parts in folded position. Fig. 7 is a perspective view with the parts in open position to illustrate the construction. Figs. 8 and 9 are enlarged details illustrating the construction of the hinges.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device comprises a bottom member 10 having a lower rear portion 11 stationary with the bottom and with a portion 12 of one end likewise rigidly connected to the bottom as represented at 12. The portion 11 of the back extends above the bottom 10 a distance equal to the thickness of four of the members, while the portion 12 extends abovethe bottom a distance equal to the combined thickness of three of the members, as hereafter explained. Hingedly united to tion 14 of the back of the box, and hingedly united to the stationary extension 12 is the upper portion 17 of one of the endmcmbers. The other end member 18 is hingedly united to the bottom 10 as shown. Hingedly united to the bottom 10 at the side edge opposite to the portion 11, is the flfOlliLfOIlllQCl in three sections 21--22-23 hingedly united edge to edge, as shown. The top 21- of the box is hingedly united to the upper edge of. the portion 23 of the front, the various hinges being represented conventionally at 13. r i

The contiguous edges of the members 14 and 18, 21 and 12, 21 and 18, 23 and 17, 23 and 18, 11 and 17, are provided with eyes 13 to receive holding rods 19, one of the rod lVhen arranged in closed form, as shown,

in Fig. 1, the back 1-1 is in vertical alinement with the section 11 while the end portion 17 is in vertical alinemcnt with the end portion 12, and the end 18 in vertical position with one edge against the back 1-1. The front 21--2223 folds against one end of the sections 12 and 17 and the end of the end 18, while the top 2-1 folds upon the upper edges of the members 1 11718.

When the box device is to be collapsed the rods 19 are detached and the end member 18 folded inwardly upon the bottom 10, the top 24 folded upon the portion 23 of the front, and the folded portions 2 l23 folded over the portion 21 of the front and spaced therefrom and upon the folded end 18, the

positc end is then. folded upon the folded portions 23-24, and the portion 1 1 of the back folded over the end portion 17. By this arrangement the parts are disposed in the form. shown in Figs. 3--l.--5--6 and in compact order, convenient for shipment or storage.

The ends 17-18 are held in open position by the eoaction of the eyes 13 and the rods 19. A suitable fastening device is also employed to secure the cover 21 to the portion 11 of the back, consisting of hinged hasps 15, and staples l5, and a split rod 26, one portion of the rod being passed between the the stationary portion 11 is the upper porhasps and the member 11 of the back, and

the other portion passed through the staples and over the outer faces of the hasps. The free ends of the rod are apertured to receive a suitable lock, sealing device, or the like, to enable the crate or bOX to be secured. The parts are simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured and of any required size, or of any suitable material. In Fig. 7 the parts are shown in open position to illustrate the construction more fully.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A foldable boX comprising a bottom, an end hingedly united to the bottom at one end thereof, another end formed of a lower portion rigidly connected to the bottom at the other end and an upper portion hingedly .united to the lower end portion, a back formed of a stationary lower portion connected to the bottom at its rear edge and an upper portion hingedly united to the lower stationary back portion, a front formed of a plurality of portions hingedly united longitudinally to each other and one of the front portions hingedly united to the bottom, and a top hingedly united to the upper front portion, the first-mentioned end being foldable upon the bottom, the top foldable upon the front portion to which it is hingedly united and foldable together therewith upon the folded end, the upper portion of the last-mentioned end foldable upon the upper folded front portion, and the upper back portion foldable upon the last-mentioned end portion.

A foldable box comprising a bottom, a lower back portion rigidly connected to the bottom at the rear, an upper back portion hingedly united to the lower back portion, a lower end portion rigidly connected to the bottom at one end, an upper end portion ongaging the lower rigid end portion, an end portion engaging the bottom at the end opposite to the rigid end portion, a front formed of a plurality of sections engaging edge to edge, one of the sections being hingedly united to the bottom, a top portion engaging the upper portiolrof the front, overlapping eyes engaging in the confront edges of the end portions and the front and both of the rear portions, and pintle rods extending through the eyes.

, In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, ANNETTA COLOMBOT. [Ls] \Vitnesses:

WVILLIAM S. HULL, WELLINGTON E. FRANCIS.

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Washington, D. 0. 

